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Curriculum Developer and Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student SocietyCurriculum Developer and Lecturer
Delivering Machine Learning Foundations I and II to groups of 20-80 Amii clients on a monthly basis.
Tutor
Ada's TeamTutor
Teaching 2-3 students weekly about concepts to from Foundations of Computation, Formal Systems and Logic, and Algorithms I.
Curriculum Developer and Lecturer
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student SocietyCurriculum Developer and Lecturer
Planning, developing, recording, and delivering lecture and workshop content for the AIMSS Artificial Intelligence in Medicine course.
Tutor
Ada's TeamTutor
Teaching 2-3 students weekly about concepts to from Foundations of Computation, Formal Systems and Logic, and Algorithms I.
Talks / Guest Speaking / Appearances
Talks / Guest Speaking / Appearances
Kickstart Welcome Session - Sacha Davis.mp4Fireside Speaker: Kickstart Welcome Session
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute - June 14 2022Fireside Speaker: Kickstart Welcome Session
I was invited to participate in a fireside conversation (broadcast over 150 young women and non-binary people) to kick off the 2022 Amii Kickstart program. Kickstart, (previously AlbertaWomen.AI when I participated back in 2019/20), is an effort to bring together academic and early-career gender minorities with an interest in AI to foster a sense of connectedness and community. More can be read about my experience with Kickstart here, here, and here.
LLMs_101_Jun19_presentation.pdfLunch & Learn Speaker: LLMs
Alberta Health Services - June 19 2024Lunch & Learn Speaker: LLMs
Presenting an hour-long session to 23 PPPH employees about how Large Language Models work, the recent LLM-driven AI-race, and best practices for LLM use in work and personal life
Panelist: AI and Gender
AB4F - May 22 2024Panelist: AI and Gender
Contributing my thoughts and experiences about the unique overlap between rapidly developing AI systems and gender equality, hiring practices, and identity
Panel Moderator: Regulatory Landscape of Health AI
AIMSS - May 21 2024 Panel Moderator: Regulatory Landscape of Health AI
Guiding a conversation between representatives from CPSA, CRNA, and OIPC about the present context of Health AI regulation at the 2024 Upper Bound Conference
Python_101_May15_presentation.pdf Lunch & Learn Speaker: Python
Alberta Health Services - May 15 2024 Lunch & Learn Speaker: Python
Introducing 25 PPPH employees to the syntax and structure of Python, explaining how to set up one's Python work environment, and performing a live demonstration of basic coding and data structure principles
ML_101_Apr17_presentation.pdfLunch & Learn Speaker: Machine Learning
Alberta Health Services - April 17 2024 Lunch & Learn Speaker: Machine Learning
Providing intuition, reviewing common definitions, and discussing examples about machine learning (in the context of public health and beyond) during an AHS Lunch & Learn session attended by 25 PPPH team members
Panel Moderator: How to Get Hired
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute - Aug 8 2023Panel Moderator: How to Get Hired
Conducting a panel about tips, tricks, and current hiring practices in the AI world for young women and gender minorities entering the job market
sdavis_thesis_seminar.mp4Speaker: Public Thesis Seminar
University of Alberta - July 31 2023Speaker: Public Thesis Seminar
Discussing the barriers towards practical health AI adoption and how Individual Survival Distributions are a step in the right direction
sdavis_upperbound_poster.pdfPoster Presenter: Improving Hospital Readmission Prediction
Upper Bound Conference - May 24 2023Poster Presenter: Improving Hospital Readmission Prediction
Presenting how survival algorithms can improve hospital readmission prediction at the 2023 Upper Bound conference
ISD_preliminary_presentation.pdfSpeaker: Individual Survival Distributions and the Hospital
Greiner Lab Meeting - May 8 2023Speaker: Individual Survival Distributions and the Hospital
Discussing the barriers towards practical health AI adoption and how Individual Survival Distributions are a step in the right direction
Reverse Expo Poster.pdfPoster Presenter: Reading You Like A Book
Reverse Expo - Feb 24 2023Poster Presenter: Reading You Like A Book
Presenting the work foundational to my thesis project in hospital readmission prediction at the 2023 University of Alberta Reverse Expo, winning second prize for best poster
Speaker: Thought Leadership Through Managing AI Risk
Vector Institute - Dec 13 2022Speaker: Thought Leadership Through Managing AI Risk
Sharing the insights, challenges, and triumphs surrounding the 150-person Managing AI Risk project undertaken by the Vector Institute
sacha_aug19_pres_agronomics.pdfSpeaker: Working with STARR-Seq Data in Plants
Greiner Lab Meeting - Aug 19 2022Speaker: Working with STARR-Seq Data in Plants
Describing some of the unique challenges associated with using Plantae STARR-sequencing data for machine learning tasks, communicating my past and future research directions in this area
Panel Moderator: SRP Networking Fair
WISEST UAlberta - Aug 5 2022Panel Moderator: SRP Networking Fair
Facilitating an informative conversation with academic and early-career female role models meant to benefit high-school-aged WISEST Summer Research Program Participants
Panelist: HIP and WISEST Mixer
Computing Science Graduate Students Association - Jul 21 2022Panelist: HIP and WISEST Mixer
Answering questions from over 20 young scientists participating in the High School Internship and the WISEST Summer Research programs, sharing my perspectives on making the most of a science undergraduate degree
EURS 2022 Schedule.pdfJudge: Undergraduate Research Symposium
Eureka - Jul 8 2022Judge: Undergraduate Research Symposium
Carefully evaluating (and asking questions about) interdisciplinary talks and posters during the second annual Eureka Undergraduate Research Symposium
Interviewee: Summer Career Camp
UAlberta Career Centre - Jul 7 2022Interviewee: Summer Career Camp
Helping high-school-aged Summer Career Camp participants develop their informational interview skills by participating in mock interviews and providing constructive feedback
Lecturer: Introduction to Medical Survival Prediction
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student Society - March 19 2022Lecturer: Introduction to Medical Survival Prediction
Explaining and compiling many uses and application of survival analysis and prediction algorithms in the healthcare system
Panel Moderator: SET Conference
WISEST UAlberta - Nov 20 2021Panel Moderator: SET Conference
Facilitating morning and afternoon panels as part of the 2021 Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, an event attended by young women and non-binary individuals interested in STEM fields
sarah_davis_ai4good_grad_QnA.pdfGuest Speaker: Graduate Studies Q&A
AI4Good Lab - Nov 9 2021Guest Speaker: Graduate Studies Q&A
Speaking to a small group of AI4Good Alumni about my journey into and through graduate school, sharing advice from my experiences with the goal of encouraging gender minorities to enroll in technical graduate programs
Facilitator: Machine Learning Foundations Conference Delivery
Canadian Symposium for Computational Neuroscience - Oct 27 2021Facilitator: Machine Learning Foundations Conference Delivery
Delivering a condensed 1.5-hour version of Machine Learning Foundations I and II to 50 students and researchers at the Canadian Symposium for Computational Neuroscience
amii_info_session.pdfGuest Speaker: Amii Information Session
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute - Oct 25 2021Guest Speaker: Amii Information Session
Participating in a fireside chat to discuss my experiences as an Amii apprentice and answer questions from ~20 curious CMPUT 466/566 students
NRC_Amii_agronomics_presentation.pdfSpeaker: Deep Learning for Crop Gene Expression
Greiner Lab Meeting - Aug 20 2021Speaker: Deep Learning for Crop Gene Expression
Showcasing deep-transfer-learning convolutional models for Canola gene expression prediction and appropriate baselines to use for chromosomal and organellar genomes
Schedule & Abstract Book v2.1.pdfJudge: Undergraduate Research Symposium
Eureka - Jun 30 2021Judge: Undergraduate Research Symposium
Carefully evaluating (and asking questions about) interdisciplinary talks and posters during the inaugural Eureka Undergraduate Research Symposium
Guest Speaker: Amii AI Meetup
Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute - May 20 2021Guest Speaker: Amii AI Meetup
Sharing the four main ways AIMSS contributes value to our community by creating common ground between computing science, medicine, and many other fields
Speaker: Capstone Showcase
University of Alberta - April 6 2021Speaker: Capstone Showcase
Delivering a short presentation showcasing the work done by the five-person group "Angry Nerds" near the end of Introduction to Machine Learning (CMPUT 566).
sdavis_aimed_datatypes.pdfLecturer: AI and Medical Datatypes
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student Society - Apr 3 2021Lecturer: AI and Medical Datatypes
Covering topics such as EMRs, imaging, video, genetics/omics, EEG, drug discovery, and protein folding through the lens of artificial intelligence applications
Facilitator: Data Pre-Processing in Python Workshop
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student Society - Mar 11 2021Facilitator: Data Pre-Processing in Python Workshop
Delivering slides and a workshop relating to the process of data loading, exploration, visualization, and transformation
sdavis_colab_workshop.pdfFacilitator: Intro to Cloud Computing with Colab Workshop
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Student Society - Feb 10 2021Facilitator: Intro to Cloud Computing with Colab Workshop
Delivering slides and a workshop relating to the use of Google Colab and Google Drive for learning and prototyping ML models
Panelist: SET Conference
WISEST UAlberta - Nov 21 2020Panelist: SET Conference
Appearing on a rotating panel as part of the 2020 Science, Engineering, and Technology Conference, giving advice to over 50 young women and non-binary individuals interested in technical fields
CMPUT692_paper_presentation.pdfSpeaker: A Simple but Tough-to-Beat Baseline for Sentence Embeddings
CMPUT 692 - Nov 25 2020Speaker: A Simple but Tough-to-Beat Baseline for Sentence Embeddings
Illustrating how pre-trained word embeddings used to represent sentences can beat sophisticated architectures in textual similarity tasks
twitter_COVID_presentation.pdfSpeaker: Using Twitter for Modeling COVID-19
Hot-Spots
AIMSS Journal Club - Oct 27 2020Speaker: Using Twitter for Modeling COVID-19
Hot-Spots
Speaking about how spatial variation in search engine queries or Twitter posts can help us model the spread of COVID-19
medical_data_analysis.pdfGuest Speaker: ML in Medicine for Business
Alberta School of Business, MIS 412 - Oct 7 2020Guest Speaker: ML in Medicine for Business
Delivering a presentation about the intersection of machine learning, medicine, and business to 30 upper-level undergraduate business students
WiDS poster 2020.pdfPoster Presenter: Medical Topic Modeling for Multi-Cancer Data
Women in Data Science Conference - March 3 2020Poster Presenter: Medical Topic Modeling for Multi-Cancer Data
Presenting how interprerable patterns may be extracted from multi-cancer transcriptome datasets at the 2020 Calgary Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference
Medical_XAI.pdfSpeaker: Medical XAI
XAI Greiner Interest Group - Aug 16 2019Speaker: Medical XAI
Exploring how the fields of explainability and interpretability within machine learning relate to the domain of medical artificial intelligence applications
data_mining.pdfGuest Speaker: Data Mining 101
WISEST Summer Research Program - July 23 2019Guest Speaker: Data Mining 101
Providing a quick first glimpse into the world of machine learning and data mining to high-school-aged young women interested in research
CRISPR_Cas9_pres.pdfSpeaker: Intro to CRISPR-Cas9
Greiner Lab Meeting - Jan 31 2019Speaker: Intro to CRISPR-Cas9
Delivering a presentation about the significance, mechanisms, and future of research and applications involving the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing procedure
Panelist: LGBTQ and STEM
UAlberta OUTreach - Oct 23 2018Panelist: LGBTQ and STEM
Appearing on an hour-long three-person panel to share, with approximately 20 attendees, my experience in a technical field as a queer, femme-presenting individual
lda_for_rna(1).pdfSpeaker: Visualizing RNA Data using Grade-of-Membership Models
Greiner Lab Meeting - July 3 2018Speaker: Visualizing RNA Data using Grade-of-Membership Models
Surveying how Latent Dirichlet Allocation can be used for exploring biopsy membership to different gene expression "topics"
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